Sunday, March 25, 2012
Find out what the punishment is for those who deface public property.
We’re all a little curious. Driving through town one morning, you may wonder if that vacant building you pass will ever be occupied, why there’s no stoplight at a certain busy intersection, how long it takes to complete a road project or one of a million other questions about your town. That’s where Los Gatos Patch comes in. With our new feature, “You Ask ... Patch Answers,” we will strive to find the answer to all your questions—big, small and in-between—about the town we live and work in. Whether it’s something you’ve always wondered about, some information you just can’t put your hands on or a sudden curiosity, we want to hear it. Send your queries to sheila.sanchez@patch.com or leave them in the comments section below, and I will do my…
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Monday afternoon explosion rocks east Los Gatos.
A San Jose resident was injured Monday afternoon while doing gardening work with a hedge trimmer that somehow caused an explosion outside a home in east Los Gatos. The incident happened about 2 p.m. and Los Gatos-Monte Sereno police and Santa Clara County Fire personnel responded to the sound of the explosion from the front yard of the residence located at the corner of Westhill and Belblossom drives, said Los Gatos-Monte Sereno police Sgt. spokesman Kerry Harris. At the scene, police found the badly injured man, 39, on the ground. They said he had been working as a landscaper at the home. The man suffered lacerations and burns on his face, head and hands, and a broken leg, Harris said. He was transported to Valley Medical Center. …
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Clean-shaven, Hispanic man in his mid 40s, with slicked-back, medium-length black hair, approximately 5-foot-7 to 5-foot-8-inches tall, with a stocky build, is being sought by Los Gatos police in connection with attempted kidnapping Sunday, Nov. 13.
Update: 12 noon, Nov. 17: Police have released a sketch of a man they say tried to kidnap a 17-year-old girl the afternoon of Nov. 13 while she walked on Lark Avenue east of Winchester Boulevard, on the north side of the street from the Los Gatos Creek Trail. The suspect is described as a Hispanic male, approximately 45 years of age, 5-foot-7 to 5-foot-8 inches tall, with a stocky build, clean shaven, with black slicked-back medium-length hair. He was wearing a red T-shirt with a large circular logo on the front and dirty blue jeans with paint splatters on them. The victim said the suspect had no discernible accent and she didn't notice scars, marks or tattoos. The man's vehicle is described as a small four-door station wagon, possibly a …
Monday, November 14, 2011
Girl is said to have fought kidnapper by refusing to get in his car, punching him in the face, kneeing him in the groin and running away.
An unidentified Hispanic man in his mid-40s is being sought by Los Gatos Monte Sereno police after a 17-year-old girl walking on westbound Lark Avenue said he tried to kidnap her Sunday afternoon. According to authorities, the incident happened after 4 p.m. when the 5-foot-6-inches-tall man, who was driving a small dark brown or black car, offered her a ride and approached the young woman, on the north side of the street from the Los Gatos Creek Trail. Police described the suspect as weighing about 150 pounds, being clean-shaven, with black, slicked-back, medium-length hair, wearing a red T-shirt with a large circular logo on the front and dirty blue jeans with paint splatters on them. The victim said the suspect had no discernible accent …
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Accident Wednesday afternoon involving two vehicles along the thoroughfare proves something must be done to slow down traffic, one resident says.
Two cars collided at about 4:20 p.m. Wednesday at North Santa Cruz Avenue, in front of the Comerica Bank. The motorists involved, Manouchehr Shahab and Robert Johnson, were first shocked at what happened and then began to exchange information, calling witnesses and contacting Los Gatos Monte Sereno police to help them file a report and find out who was at fault. Shahab was driving a Chevrolet that collided with a Lincoln Continental driven by Johnson. Johnson called the middle lane, which motorists use to turn into the various parking lots along the 25-mph avenue, the "suicide lane." He said Shahab was traveling northbound on North Santa Cruz Avenue and attempted to make a turn as Johnson was exiting the Comerica Bank parking lot to turn …
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Student also reports iPhone stolen the night Wildcats played Falcons, according to police.
Police working the Los Gatos High School football game against Saratoga High School the evening of Friday, Nov. 4, have been contacted by a parent who alleges her son's athletic gear was vandalized and his iPhone stolen. The student, a Saratoga High School junior varsity football player, claims someone smeared some sort of lotion on his gear bag the night of the game and also vandalized the bags of other teammates, said Los Gatos Monte Sereno police spokesman Sgt. Kerry Harris. The incident, which apparently took place in the Los Gatos High School guest locker room, occurred between 5 and 9 p.m., but was reported to the cops later that evening, Harris said, adding that the timeframe was when the junior varsity teams were playing against …
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Three minors and one adult have been arrested by Los Gatos-Monte Sereno police officers for auto burglary and car theft.
Three minors and one adult have been arrested by Los Gatos-Monte Sereno police in separate incidents involving an auto theft and auto burglaries, according to a press release. The first incident, police said, occurred July 21 at approximately 12:30 a.m., when police responded to calls from residents reporting two subjects who had been seen rummaging through vehicles in the area of Pine Wood Lane and Summerwood Drive. Officers arrived and located two vehicles that had been burglarized and a stolen vehicle that had been left in the area that was still warm. They set up a perimeter and started a search of the area and a juvenile suspect was located and arrested, police said. The second incident occurred July 31 at approximately 3:30 a.m., …
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Los Gatos-Monte Sereno police are investigating the Sunday evening incident.
A 36-year-old woman was assaulted and robbed by a man in the parking lot of her Los Gatos apartment Sunday evening, police said this morning in a press release. The woman, who lives in the 30 block of East Main Street, in downtown Los Gatos, told police a man with "a deep voice" wearing a long-sleeved shirt or coat struck her in the jaw with an unknown object after grabbing her from behind, dragging her to a secluded area of the apartment complex and taking her purse and jewelry. The assault occurred as she was exiting her vehicle at her apartment complex at about 9:40 p.m., police reported. According to the release, issued more than two days after the assault and robbery, police searched the area Sunday evening but couldn't find the …
Friday, June 3, 2011
Incident causes bank to be evacuated before closing time Friday, paralyzing downtown traffic for several hours.
An unknown person is believed to have left a suspicious package Friday after 5 p.m. inside the Chase Bank in downtown Los Gatos, which turned out to be a false alarm. Los Gatos-Monte Sereno police officers, assisted by Santa Clara County fire personnel and sheriff's deputies set up a perimeter around the bank shutting down the corner of Los Gatos-Saratoga Road and North Santa Cruz Avenue for about three hours. The perimeter was finally opened up to the public, but it had been completely closed off with heavy traffic being diverted for more than three hours. The Santa Clara County Sheriff bomb squad and Santa Clara County Fire personnel were on scene to investigate the suspicious parcel, which turned out to not be a bomb threat. Dennis …
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Accident occurred Wednesday morning at Los Gatos Boulevard intersection.
A Los Gatos bicyclist was critically injured by an unlicensed driver Wednesday morning at the intersection of Wheeler Avenue and Los Gatos Boulevard, police said. Los Gatos-Monte Sereno police responded to the accident at 7:41 a.m. and found the bicyclist, Bahram Saghari, 52, who was on the northbound bike lane of Los Gatos Boulevard, had collided with a southbound car driven by San Jose resident Juan Antonio Rodriguez-Gallegos, 42, said police spokesman Sgt. Kerry Harris. According to a press release issued Thursday afternoon, an initial investigation of the accident showed that northbound morning commute traffic on Los Gatos Boulevard was backed up for the red signal light at the intersection of Highway 9. The intersection of Wheeler …
Sheila Sanchez
9:34 am on Sunday, April 1, 2012
Hi Sandra, will try and get you an answer sooner than next Sunday. Thanks! more ›